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posted 08-05-2004 09:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bbcar     send a private message to bbcar   Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote   Search for more posts by bbcar
I was watching American Muscle Car on tv this morning and I started thinking What is a Prowler.
It is not a muscle car
It is not a sports car
It is designed to look like a Hot Rod, but a Hot Rod is a old car.
What would you classify a Prowler as.
Barry
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.... a cool cruiser ???
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.....coolest car on the planet!

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Originally posted by DR PROWLER:
.....coolest car on the planet!


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Plymouth called it "A tribute to the American Hot Rod."

Pretty much sums it up for me.

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posted 08-05-2004 10:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for dpena     send a private message to dpena   Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote   Search for more posts by dpena
Here is what the dictionary says Prowler means..

v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls
v. tr.

To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark

v. intr.
To rove furtively or with predatory intent: cats prowling through the neighborhood.

n.
The act or an instance of prowling.

Idiom:
on the prowl
Actively looking for something: salespeople on the prowl for better jobs.

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... but a Hot Rod is a old car

I beg to differ... Boyd Coddington builds new hot rods all the time... they just look old... and cool...

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The Prowler is without a doubt...the coolest car out there!!! Past...Present and I imagine...the future. It still amazes me that one of the "Big 3" auto makers actually came up the idea for the Prowler.
This car will remain the coolest...no matter what color it was manufactured in!
Brian
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Originally posted by bbcar:
It is designed to look like a Hot Rod, but a Hot Rod is a old car.
Barry

A true Hot Rod is an old car. Howeevr that seem to no longer apply except to the purists of the hobby. Many hot rods now do not have and old part on them, just reproductions. I clasify mine as a Roadster. Tribute to the Amrican Hot Rod also works for me.

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I have collected a lot of different Plymouths over the years, but no car....no matter how you describe it ever inspired a group like this one. A tribute to the American Hot Rod, yes but it seems like so much more considering the friends I have made over the last six years.
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posted 08-05-2004 12:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bbcar     send a private message to bbcar   Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote   Search for more posts by bbcar
FL Blue Kat is right, New Hot Rods are being built all the time, so is that what you classify a Prowler?
I agree with everyone else it is a GREAT car and unlike any other factory built car. But unless you classify it as a Hot Rod it does not fall in any other class of cars. For instance a Viper is a sports car, and so will the Ford GT and so was the Cobra, but the Prowler is not a sports car or a muscle car. I am not trying to be ignorant about this it is just somthing I started wondering about when watching the show. 30+ years from now how will people look at this car.
Barry

This message has been edited by bbcar on 08-05-2004 at 12:58 PM

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bbcar,
Having said that...I guess the Prowler is in a class all its own. Nothing can compare!
Brian
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Its a legendary automobile that somehow made it to the production floor. It inspires and entertains owners and
on lookers.
A big Hotwheel come to life:
Sports car:
Cruiser:
Concept car:
Personality and Style
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posted 08-05-2004 12:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bbcar     send a private message to bbcar   Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote   Search for more posts by bbcar
Does anyone know how our insurance companys classify this car? I think my insurance company calls it a limited use luxury car, and we all know it isnt that. Maybe Brian is right there is nothing else like it from the factory so it is in a class all by itself.
Barry

This message has been edited by bbcar on 08-05-2004 at 01:02 PM

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I would classify it as a Roadster!
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Here in Arkansas the state Revenue Department listed it on my registration as a "Hot Rod". Go figure. I don't feel that it is any different than a new shop built Rod with all new fiber glass bodies, custom built frame, new crate motor, everything else new and high tech. The only thing different is we have, or had, a warranty.
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I agree. Coolest car on the Planet. Eye catcher, head swiveler and just plain FUN.
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My insurance company called it an exotic car.... that being said "come to me baby, papa needs a dance - $$"

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Originally posted by bbcar:
30+ years from now how will people look at this car.
Barry

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Retro looking Roadster,,,,how does that sound?
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How about a Retro Rod?

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My State Farm agent, when I was getting insurance for my car, called it a sports car. 97's weren't listed in the insurance books back then so they didn't know how to class it for premiums. I was quick to tell them it wasn't a sports car... not built for speed. It's built for looks. I hope I got a cheaper premium out of it.
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30+ years from now I think it will be considered a classic. Much like the Cord or Auburn Speedster
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Most Europe magazine write thats the Prowler is a
Factory Hot Rod.
Hot Rod stays not only for the old school Hot Rod style anymore.
Modified pre 1949 Cars are Street Rods, but anyway, this is a very complicated dicussion.............
Greetings, Matthias
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The definition of a Prowler as it applies to me-

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